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Rachel - Stranger #32/100
The Park Lane Hotel in London was hosting an exhibition of iconic David Bailey Photographs, which I’d gone to view with 3 other photo-friends. It was fairly quiet in the bar and I saw Rachel enjoying a beer with her (male) friend. We were feeling thirsty and before too long the 6 of us were chatting away – ½ hour spent in excellent and amusing company.
Rachel is a beautician, having studied at College. She lives in Kent but travels regularly into London by train for work. She has two children – boy and girl. When asked to guess her age, I was only 2 years out but won’t reveal it on Flickr (!)
I asked what she felt was her proudest achievement and she replied straight away “...my 2 children” – quite a common response I’ve found with this 100 Strangers Project.
I also asked Rachel what her favourite piece of music was – and “Sacrifice” by Elton John was the immediate choice!
Rachel had no problem with her photo being taken. I took 3 and the one I’ve posted is the one she approved of. I handed my Flickr details over and Emailed the photos a couple of days later. The indoor low-light was fairly challenging so I opened up the lens, which also helped to blur some of the distracting lighting in the background.
Thanks Rachel for being part of my project to photograph 100 strangers
Rachel - Stranger #32/100
The Park Lane Hotel in London was hosting an exhibition of iconic David Bailey Photographs, which I’d gone to view with 3 other photo-friends. It was fairly quiet in the bar and I saw Rachel enjoying a beer with her (male) friend. We were feeling thirsty and before too long the 6 of us were chatting away – ½ hour spent in excellent and amusing company.
Rachel is a beautician, having studied at College. She lives in Kent but travels regularly into London by train for work. She has two children – boy and girl. When asked to guess her age, I was only 2 years out but won’t reveal it on Flickr (!)
I asked what she felt was her proudest achievement and she replied straight away “...my 2 children” – quite a common response I’ve found with this 100 Strangers Project.
I also asked Rachel what her favourite piece of music was – and “Sacrifice” by Elton John was the immediate choice!
Rachel had no problem with her photo being taken. I took 3 and the one I’ve posted is the one she approved of. I handed my Flickr details over and Emailed the photos a couple of days later. The indoor low-light was fairly challenging so I opened up the lens, which also helped to blur some of the distracting lighting in the background.
Thanks Rachel for being part of my project to photograph 100 strangers